THE BURNEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
California Cascades Eastside Conifer Forest setting.
Burney CDP has 5.37 square miles of land in Shasta County. Its Census reference point is in California Cascades Eastside Conifer Forest, within Cascades.
Volcanic mountains, deeply cut stream valleys and glaciated high country define the Cascades. Conifer forests change with elevation, giving way to mountain meadows and rocky alpine terrain.
Regional context: Cascades ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Burney and Shasta County
Burney is associated with Shasta County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Burney by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Burney, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1.8 percentage points lower than the 1.9% recorded for Shasta County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burney CDP has 6 times the land area of nearby Johnson Park CDP (0.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

